I'm the resident dickhead here at dreamincode, mostly because I have a very minute background in programming therefore motivation is low, and I was dropped on my head as a baby so I am prone to sudden fits of anger.

I'm double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Theoretical Physics, and minoring in Mathematics (my focus being differential calculus due to its applicatory status in my interested fields).

My purpose for Mechanical Enginering, ME, is because A] I like to build things and apply Newtonian/Conventional Mechanics to everyday life to make everyday uses for engines, devices, machines (anything mechanical) more efficient, and B] I simply need to produce a physical product in the world to have some worth in life.
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Also, this girl I was talking to said it best,

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Emily Melcher: physicists waste their time and should try doing something that actually contributes to society

Even though she was joking around, she said exactly what I was thinking, I just didn't want to be a dick to my own subject of study. Theoretical physics supplies society with no actual product and I need that fulfillment as well.

However my intellectual lust lies in Theoretical Physics, primarily quantum gravity. I'm currently a physics student of Professor Marvin L. Marshak, co-author of Neutrino Masses and Neutrino Astrophysics: Including Supernova 1987a : Ashland, Wisconsin 1987 (Telemark IV), and (don't quote me on this because I'm not 100% sure but it sounds like it to me...) Project Leader of the detection of neutrinos in Soudan Minnesota. A detailed link describing his project is at: http://www.usatoday....-detector_x.htm.

Anyway, this entire blog is going to be devoted to my research and studies on Quantum Physics (primarily quantum gravity and in terms of specifics, quantum loop gravity and moving dimensions theory ((they both have fantastic points, but MDT has more promise to it overall))) but also straight forward mechanical physics describing current paradoxes that may seem unsolveable without high-end mathematics as well as arguing claims against those who just don't have physics right. Whether the physics I'll be arguing is straight forward a mistake, or that someone (like many theologists) are preaching pure bull because they don't understand it themselves. My goal is to make basic movements of the universe, a, understandable in terms of graphs, math, and well explained fundamental concepts, and b, let people think about things in a new light.

My brother also wants to take up ME. He's 11. I really dont know whats with ME. Ha ha.

Good for you.

ME is high in demand, starting pay at $55,000 at a low-end firm, after five years, the average income is $110,000; that's entirely from building and designing mechanical devices like engines, or propulsion/hydraulic systems. That will be my day job but really all my intellectual focus is in theoretical physics.